Photos

• Photo essay "What the World Eats" Part 1
• Thought-provoking photo gallery from the photographer who made the books "Hungry Planet" and "Material World"
• Life photo archive on Google Images

Videos

• Full tv programmes available at PBS. Some are only available to viewers in the US, but other programmes like Frontline are available everywhere.
• BBC articles, Inside Out, that combine writing, photos, and videos.
• Various YouTube videos that are good for student presentations, oral exams, or just for discussion.
  • What is parkour?
  • Rubiks cube, an extra from the movie "Pursuit of Happyness"
  • Animal Odd Couple
  • Christian the Lion - sorry for the corny music, but this version has a good explaination of the background.
  • A cheesy video from the 1980s with Malcolm-Jamal Warner from "The Cosby Show" about how to be cool. I think it's funny because it's so far from what "cool" is for today's youth.
  • Equally cheesy, but informative clip about the yo-yo.
  • Interesting presentation with thought-provoking statistics about how the world is changing wrt technology.
  • Britain's Got Talent etc. are good conversation starters.

Newspapers

• Australia: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/
• Canada: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/ www.cbc.ca
• Ghana: http://www.accra.com/
• India: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/
• Ireland: http://www.irishtimes.com/
• New Zealand: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominionpost/
• Scotland: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/
• South Africa: http://www.capetimes.co.za/
• UK: http://news.bbc.co.uk/
• US: http://www.nytimes.com/
• Wales: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/

Radio and Podcasts

• "Outfront" is a 15 minute radio programme where listeners have been given the chance to make their own documentaries. There are thousands of stories in their archives, like this one. The shows can be downloaded as podcasts or listened to online.
• Ready-made lessons linked to a radio news programme.
• Podcast archive for CBC Radio. Some favourites include Dispatches (stories from around the world), Listener's Choice (past favs chosen by listeners), Outfront (short 15 min documentaries), Quirks and Quarks (science programme), Vinyl Cafe (short stories).
• National Public Radio (US) has lots of programmes online, like this one where storyteller Alice McGill brings us an old African-American folktale Mule Egg..
• ESL podcasts on variety of subjects.

Comics

• "For Better or for Worse" is a daily comic strip that has been going for 20 years. There are specific story lines dealing with an Aboriginal (First Nations) community, disability, gay coming out etc.

Literature

• Children's author Robert Munsch has recorded a collection of his short stories (click on Storytime)
• SparkNotes has plot summaries, character analysis etc of all major literature and Shakespeare
• CliffNotes has plot summaries, characater analysis etc of a huge selection of literature, as well as a section on writing and grammar.

Music

• Bob Dylan lyrics
• A sweet music video about love by a band called Bright Eyes.

Grammar

• An AMAZING resource for teaching English at BBC! Grammar, pronunciation, vocabulary, videos, articles etc.
• Skillswise from the BBC. Not just grammar. Also maths, writing, reading, spelling and much more.
• Grammar games and lessons from the British Council.
• Basic Elements of English from the University of Calgary - great resource for teachers!
• Grammar Gorillas

Other

• This is a history resource, but some of the themes match things we teach in English.
• Another history page, but has some great material that is relevant and useful. For example American Civil War, Famous Crimes, The American West.
• Library of Congress "Learning Page for Teachers" has lesson plans, access to original material etc.
• My Hero is a project where students are invited to write essays, or create videos about someone they admire. It's also a great resource if you want a text about an influential figure written by a young person.
• The Dialectizer takes text or other web pages and instantly creates parodies of them.
• United Nations Cyberschoolbus allows students to compare graphs and charts about country data.
• A FANTASTIC sight called ReadWriteThink. Hundreds of lesson plan ideas around reading and writing, and the best part is the student materials section that has for example, a comic creator, character analysis mapping, crossword puzzle generator, CD cover creator (and those are just some of the Cs!) and then it also lists possible lessons you can use the interactive tools in.